Method for generating an information signal in the event of an access request and device for carrying out the method

Abstract

A method for generating an information signal in the event of an access request and a device for carrying out the method are described. A feedback signal is output as an information signal to a user after entering or automatic reading of an identification code and comparing the identification code with stored reference data. The type and intensity of the feedback signal is controlled as a function of parameters from the plurality of ambient parameters and person-related parameters.

1 . A method for generating an information signal in the event of an access request to a user by triggering at least one feedback signal after entering or automatic reading of an identification code and comparing the identification code with stored reference data, wherein the type and intensity of the at least one feedback signal is controlled as a function of parameters from the plurality of ambient parameters and person-related parameters. 
   
   
       2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one feedback signal is selected from the plurality of visual feedback signal, audible feedback signal, tactile feedback signal as a function of parameters from the plurality of ambient parameters and person-related parameters and intensity-controllable parameters are adjusted with respect to perturbing ambient parameters with a signal-to-noise ratio with respect to the ambient parameters, which allows reliable perception. 
   
   
       3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the type of feedback signals and the intensity of the intensity-controllable feedback signals are fixedly adjusted. 
   
   
       4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the type of feedback signals and the intensity of the intensity-controllable feedback signals are automatically adjusted and adapted to the ambient parameters. 
   
   
       5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the intensity-controllable feedback signals are pre-adjusted to a base value and the intensity is only raised when the signal-to-noise ratio resulting from the ambient parameters falls below a predetermined limiting value. 
   
   
       6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the intensity of the feedback signals is controlled by sensors which detect the ambient parameters. 
   
   
       7 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the type of feedback signal is controlled by sensors which detect the ambient parameters. 
   
   
       8 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the type of feedback signal is controlled by person-related parameters stored in a memory of an evaluation and control controller of an access control device or read from the data carrier of a user. 
   
   
       9 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein orientation signals are generated within the scope of the access request, which signals make it easier for a user to find a user communication terminal of an access control device for entering or for automatic reading of an identification code. 
   
   
       10 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the orientation signals are switched on, adjusted or varied as soon as the approach of a person is detected by a proximity sensor. 
   
   
       11 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein the type of orientation signal is controlled by sensors which detect the ambient parameters. 
   
   
       12 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the access control device is switched over from a standby mode to an operating mode as soon as the approach of a person is detected by a proximity sensor and after evaluating an access request or after a waiting time has lapsed, is switched back to the standby mode. 
   
   
       13 . A device for carrying out the method according to  claim 1  comprising an access control device consisting of a stationary user communication terminal with an input device and a feedback device as well as consisting of an evaluation and control controller with a memory, wherein the feedback device in each case comprises at least one signal generator from the plurality of audible, visual and tactile signal generators, that the signal generators can be selected by software or hardware logic of a terminal controller of the stationary user communication terminal or of the evaluation and control controller as a function of parameters from the plurality of person-related parameters which are stored or read from a data carrier, and ambient parameters and that the signal intensity of at least one intensity-controllable signal generator can be controlled or adjusted by means of ambient parameters detected by means of ambient sensors. 
   
   
       14 . The device according to  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of audible signal generators comprises buzzer, beeper, loudspeaker, that the plurality of visual signal generators comprises lamp, light-emitting diodes, running light, screen and that the plurality of tactile signal generators comprises Braille, Braille display, vibrator, infrasound generator, infrared flash. 
   
   
       15 . The device according to  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of ambient sensors comprises microphone, photodetector, proximity sensor. 
   
   
       16 . The device according to  claim 13 , wherein the input device of the stationary user terminal comprises at least one input device or reader from the plurality of button, keyboard, touch-sensitive screen, microphone, reader for passive RFID data carriers, reader for active RFID data carriers or a communication device for a mobile user communication terminal. 
   
   
       17 . The device according to  claim 16 , wherein the mobile user communication terminal comprises an input device with an input device or reader from the plurality of button, keyboard, microphone, reader for passive RFID data carriers and can be connected by means of a non-contact communication path to the terminal controller of the stationary user communication terminal or the evaluation and control controller of the door controller. 
   
   
       18 . The device according to  claim 16 , wherein the mobile user communication terminal additionally comprises a feedback device with at least one signal generator from the plurality of audible, visual, tactile signal generator. 
   
   
       19 . The device according to  claim 13 , wherein individual or a plurality of features of a disability from the plurality of mobility-impaired, visually impaired, colour color blindness, hearing impaired are stored as person-related parameters in the memory of an evaluation and control controller or can be read as a control feature of the terminal controller from the data carrier of a user. 
   
   
       20 . The device according to  claim 13 , wherein a language such as German, English, French, Russian, Japanese is stored as a person-related parameter in the memory of the evaluation and control controller or can be read as a control feature of the terminal controller from the data carrier of a user. 
   
   
       21 . The device according to  claim 12 , wherein the user communication terminal comprises an orientation signal generator for easier location of the input device. 
   
   
       22 . The device according to  claim 21 , wherein the orientation signal generator is formed by the feedback device and the signal generator of the feedback devices can be switched on, adjusted or varied by the terminal controller of the user communication terminal. 
   
   
       23 . The device according to  claim 21 , wherein the signal generator of the feedback device can be controlled by the terminal controller and the ambient sensors by reference to the ambient parameters.